Response of the NCAR climate system model to increased CO2 and the role of physical processes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1879-1898

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Collins, William D ^a   Boville, Byron A ^a   Kiehl, Jeffrey T ^a   Wigley, T M L ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EL NINO; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SURFACE ALBEDO;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 0034210146     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1879:ROTNCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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